| 100% | BONAFIDE | 8 | Authentic or in good faith, from the Latin |
| 63% | BONAFIDE | 8 | Authentic or in good faith: 2 wds. |
| 60% | BONAFIDE | 8 | Genuine, from the Latin for "in good faith": 2 wds. |
| 46% | ABOVO | 5 | From the beginning, in Latin |
| 46% | EXANIMO | 7 | From the heart, in Latin |
| 45% | DONNA | 5 | Name from the Latin for ''woman in charge'' |
| 42% | GLUTTONY | 8 | Sin whose name derives from the Latin for “to gulp down or swallow” |
| 42% | TALE | 4 | Offering from the miller or the cook, in Chaucer |
| 42% | ATMOST | 6 | In the best- or worst-case scenario |
| 41% | OPT | 3 | Word that can come before in or out and comes from the Latin for "to select" |
| 40% | PITCH | 5 | Delivery from the mound in baseball, or short approach shot in golf |
| 40% | ENVISAGE | 8 | Picture or imagine something good in the future |
| 40% | STARCROSSEDLOVE | 15 | Relationship doomed from the start ... or something found in this puzzle four times? |
| 39% | BONAFIDE | 8 | In good faith |
| 39% | REEL | 4 | Highlight ___, compilation of best plays from the season or game which is a popular break-time sight in most stadium sports |
| 39% | AYE | 3 | "Yes," from a seaman or petty officer in the Navy |
| 38% | ACE | 3 | Best arm in the rotation in baseball, or hole-in-one in golf |
| 38% | CAPELLA | 7 | Brightest star in Auriga, from the Latin for "little she-goat" |
| 38% | MVP | 3 | Award for the best athlete in a game or season: Abbr. |
| 38% | FJORD | 5 | & 22A Equine mammal from the mountainous regions of Norway used for heavy work or in sport |
| 38% | SALLY | 5 | ___ Field, Academy Award for Best Actress winner from "Places in the Heart" |
| 37% | NOVO | 4 | "De __" ("from the start" in Latin) |
| 37% | NOVO | 4 | "De ___" ("from the start" in Latin) |
| 37% | AMENS | 5 | Replies in good faith? |
| 37% | ERGO | 4 | Therefore, from the Latin |
| 37% | SUBROSA | 7 | Secretly, from the Latin |
| 37% | SLAG | 4 | Something left over from the Bessemer process that could be used in fertilizer or as a cement additive |
| 37% | SEINE | 5 | View from the Latin Quarter |
| 37% | ETAL | 4 | List-ender from the Latin |
| 37% | AGNUS | 5 | Sacred lamb, from the Latin |